Spoon-gage.



P. N. CRONHOLM. SPOON GAGE. APPLIOATIONIILED ran. 24, 1010.

969,845. Patented Sept. 13,1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK N. CRONHOLM, OF NACHES, WASHINGTON.

SPOON-GAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK N. CRoN- IIOLM, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of Naches, county of Yakima, State ofl/vashington, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inSpoon-Gages, of which the following is a full and clear specification,refer ence being had to the accompanying drawing, in which isrepresented a plan view of my device, the manner of using the variousportions of its edges being shown by dotted lines, these dotted linesrepresenting crosssections of different sizes of spoons.

Culinary recipes usually indicate the amount of such substances as soda,bakingpowder, salt, pepper, sugar, etc., by spoonmeasure, that is, byprescribing a heaping or rounding or full or half-spoonful. Inattempting to measure off these quantities with the ordinary tea-spoonor table-spoon alone it, as is well known, is practically inn possibleto get the exact amount of material that is called for by the recipe,thus rendering it practically impossible for different cooks to get thesame results in following any given recipe and even preventing the sameperson from getting the same results in following the same recipe atdifferent times.

It is the object of my invention to provide a simple device which willenable the user to readily measure off anyone of these quantities withsufficient accuracy to get the same results every time the same recipeis followed.

My device consists of a single plate A of thin sheet metal of irregularoutline, the edges of this plate being divided into facets or divisionseach of which is ada ted to be used in connection with a spoon of theordinary construction to measure off any one of the abovereferred-toquantities. The facets or divisions are separated from each other by aseries of lugs a, Z), 0, (Z and e. The edge of the plate between lugs(1., and b is curved outwardly or convexed as is likewise the edgebetween lugs 7) and o, the curve of the former being on a shorter radiusthan the curve of the latter so that the former is adapted for use witha tea-spoon and the latter with a table-spoon or other large spoon.These two divisions of the plate are adapted to measure offhalf-spoonfuls and the method of using the plate for this purpose isindicated by the dotted lines,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1910.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Serial No. 545,619.

that is, a s 0011 is filled with the granular or powderec article to bemeasured then the convexed edge is placed across the spoonbowl and movedthe full length of the bowl, the curved edge of the plate touching onlythe edges of the spoon-bowl and thus scraping off all the material but ahalf-spoonful.

The division between the lugs c and (Z has its edge straight, thusadapting it to measure of a spoonful whether the spoon be a small one ora large one. The division between the lugs (Z and 6 curves inwardly andthus adapts this edge or facet to measure off a rounded spoonful, thecurve of this section being deep enough to receive spoons of varioussizes. The remaining one of the divisions also has its edge extendinginto the body of the plate toward the center thereof, this inwardly cutportion being approximately V-shaped with the sides of the V sligthlyconcave, thus adapting this section of the plate to gage a heapingteaspoonful. This section of the edge is also adapted to cooperate withspoons of different sizes, it being obvious that all the sections exceptthe convex sections are adapted for spoons of different sizes. It willbe observed that the plate may be provided with a hole f for hanging itup on a nail or hook.

It will be observed that the invention is not confined to the form ofdevice shown in Figure 1. In Fig. 2 is shown one other embodiment of theinvention. In this device. the plate is provided with a handle 15 andthe separating shoulders are indicated by the letters a, b, c, d and f,the latter two shoulders separating two convex facets which are adaptedto measure off threequarters of a teaspoonful and three-quarters of atablespoonful respectively. In this modification the concave facetswhich are adapted to measure ofl' respectively a heaping teaspoonfnl anda rounded teaspoonful are shown cut out of the middle of the plate, asshown at g and h respectively.

It will be obvious that still other modifi cations of the device arewithin the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class set forth comprising a plate cutaway at onepoint to form a deep concave gage-portion and at another point to form arelatively shallow concave gage-portion whereby said concavegageportions are adapted to measure, respectively, heaping and roundedspoonfuls with spoons of various sizes, said plate also having aplurality of convex gage-portions of different curvature formed on itsedge for measuring fractional spoonfuls with spoons of various sizes.

2. A device of the class set forth comprising a plate whose outer edgeis divided by means of projections into a series of divisions, the edgeof one of said divisions being cut away to form a deep concavegage-portion and the edge of another of said divisions being cut away toform a relatively shallow concave gage-portion so that said concavegage-portions are adapted to measure, respectively, heaping and roundedspoonfuls with spoons of various sizes, and the edges of the otherdivisions being shaped to form convex curvature to measure fractionalspoonfuls.

3. A device of the class set forth compris gage-portions of differenting a plate whose outer edge is cut away at one point to form a deepconcave gage-portion and at another point to form a relatively shallowconcave gage-portion whereby said concave gage-portions are adapted tomeasure respectively, heaping and rounded spoonfuls with spoons ofvarious sizes, said plate also having a plurality of convex gageportionsformed on its edge each of which has a diflerent curvature whereby eachconvex gage-portion is adapted for use with a spoon of a different sizeto measure a uniform fraction of a spoonful, and a straight edge portionadapted for use with spoons of various sizes to measure level spoonfuls.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses this 11th day of Feb. 1910.

FREDERICK N. CRONHOLM.

Witnesses:

G. C. GATE, WV. B. GATE.

